What happened to the Konami Game Contra series from so long ago?

It has been approximately 25 years since the Contra game series began. This particular Konami game was famous for multiple reasons. You may remember the old Konami code that goes Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Home. That was the famous code from so long ago that it gave you 30 lives. The Contra series has come a long way since then, with Konami putting out new hits like Super Contra, Contra 3 The Alien Wars that launched on the Super Nintendo, which also suffered from some slowdown issues, and then there was the Genesis version. called Contra Hard Corps, another Contra fan favorite classic. The next Contra game didn’t really take hold until PSX came out, then the next two were Contra The Adventure, and then Contra Legacy of War, both of which were huge hits. Fans could now witness the Contra universe in a more 3D and realistic environment.

The introduction of the PlayStation 2 also gave the world Contra Shattered Soldier and Neo Contra, which were also excellent. Nowadays things are different, it seems that Konami is more focused on games like Metal Gear and Castlevania to pay a lot of attention to the long-running Contra series. In fact, last year on the E3 electronic show, Konami had shown a new trailer for a new Contra game that was originally supposed to be titled “Contra Reboot.” That trailer only consisted of a few seconds showing a “flaming C” in the video, and that was it. The new Contra game was only teased and later canceled by Konami’s game development. That basically marked the end of the Contra series, as there hasn’t been a true Contra game released since the days of the PS2 except on the Nintendo DS system.

The only hope now is the fact that Dave Cox, who is a producer for Mercury Steam, a company that is licensed for Castlevania, has toyed with the idea of ​​bringing the Contra series back to life and may be the key to giving Contra a new. lease in the gaming world. But what about Konami’s game development? These days, they seem to have their hands full with their top four main titles, which are Pro Evolution Soccer, Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Silent Hill. It seems they are more focused on those since the sales of those have been so great. But I feel like the Contra game series will get a second look from Konami and they will finally see that the market has not died at all, but has been waiting for it to shine once more.

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